Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mount Ainslie


Related Topics

  
  Mount Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Ainslie or Mount Ainslie-Majura is a part of Canberra Nature Park.
Mount Ainslie is accessible by road and walking trails.
Mount Ainslie marks the northernmost point of a land axis, planned by Walter Burley Griffin, that stretches through North and South Canberra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Ainslie,_Australian_Capital_Territory   (309 words)

  
 MAGONIGLE, PLAN FOR AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
North of the Molonglo, the contours of the valley between Intervale Park and the spurs of the Mount Ainslie Range from a shallow basin roughly ovoidal in form.
Easterly and westerly on the slopes of Mount Ainslie and Black Mountain, sites for detached villas standing in their own grounds are available and this may be expected to produce an extension of the residential area by an irregular system of roads adapted to the contours of the site.
Of Black Mountain Bridge, Vernon Bridge and Mount Ainslie Bridge, it is enough to say that they should be handsome structures of steel and stone, that they carry different kinds of traffic and are proportioned thereto and to their relative importance.
www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/magonig.htm   (6712 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie Run-Up - Tuesday, 28 April 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Crake clocked 10 mins 44 secs for the 2.2 kms from the Australian War Memorial to the summit of Mt Ainslie.
Second up Mt Ainslie was 1997 Australian champion Chris Cook in 11:21 with 1994 national champion Anthony Scott third in 11.57.
North Canberra's Carol Harding ran 15:39 to be fastest female in rounding off her preparation for the Australian championship.
www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au /results/1998r004.shtml   (306 words)

  
 Travelogues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The highest mountain in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko at 2228 metres (7310 feet) in the Snowy Mountains in the southeast of the state.
Mount Nelson Signal Station was established in 1811 to announce the arrival of vessels into Storm Bay.
Mount Wellington is often shrouded in clouds, but the panoramas are worth the wait for a clear day.
www.virtualaustralia.com /australia/travel/travelogues/davidstybr.shtml   (14495 words)

  
 Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A model of the Parliamentary Triangle looking towards Mount Ainslie from behind Capital Hill.
City Hill in Civic forms the western apex (left) and Russell is located at the eastern apex (right).
The land axis connects Mount Ainslie, Capital Hill and Red Hill and extends off towards Mount Bimberi the Australian Capital Territory's highest mountain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliamentary_Triangle   (667 words)

  
 MOUNT AINSLIE 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Runners of previous Mount Ainslie runs were pleasantly surprised by courses changes.
This year the former world famous Mount Ainslie cross country course became the greatest in the world ever.
A turn up this road for a couple of hundred meters lead the runners to the narrow winding bush track running parallel to the ‘out’ track but higher up the hill to join the saddle hill track.
www.canberrarunner.com.au /winterseries/results/1998ws15.htm   (710 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie Run-Up - Tuesday, 5 October 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mount Ainslie Run-Up - Tuesday, 5 October 1999
Mt Ainslie monthly run up, 2.2kms, 230m elevation gain, Australian War Memorial to summit of Mt Ainslie.
Former Australian champion Rod Higgins edged closer to the race record in winning today's Mt Ainslie Run Up in a personal best 10 mins 37 seconds, despite feeling the effects of an 11 hour mountain bike ride over the weekend.
www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au /results/1999r024.shtml   (160 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mount Ainslie or Mount Ainslie-Majura is a part of one of Canberra 's Nature Reserves.
It has a lookout point on the summit which stands 842 metres above sea level and gives excellent 360° views across the cityand surrounding country within the AustralianCapital Territory (A.C.T.).
Contrary towhat some accounts have stated, he is not buried in an unmarked grave at the base of the hill.
www.therfcc.org /mount-ainslie-245335.html   (148 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mount Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 10:16, 11 Jun 2005.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Mount Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory contains research on
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mount_Ainslie   (211 words)

  
 National Archives of Australia - Commonwealth Recordkeeping - Preservation Papers - Walter Burley Griffin design ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On the other hand, however, the mounting method used in the 60’s was more in line with techniques used for the mounting of paper objects, so paper conservation techniques were also to be considered.
In choosing a system for this two factors were taken into account, firstly that the mounting method selected should be as simple and non-invasive as possible and secondly, that the system should match as closely as possible, the original used by Griffin.
When the drawing is then mounted on the strainer, the nap of the support cloth and the nap of the cloth covering the strainer are in contact and the possibility of the drawing sagging on the strainer is thus reduced.
www.naa.gov.au /recordkeeping/preservation/papers/burley_griffin.html   (5740 words)

  
 NEW YORK TIMES ON GRIFFIN & HIS PLAN
It will be a sort of Midway Plaisance, extending from the central water basin to the foot of Mount Ainslie, and from Mount Ainslie commanding a view of the entire central district over the white marble Capitol buildings to distant snowy Mount Bimberi.
At the northern terminal of the street at the foot of Mount Ainslie there is to be a casino in the midst of a national park embracing the entire mountain.
On the highest hill inside the central district, a little to the south of Mount Ainslie, will be the military headquarters.
www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/nytimes.htm   (3221 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Looking For mount ainslie - Find mount ainslie and more at Lycos Search.
Find mount ainslie - Your relevant result is a click away!
Look for mount ainslie - Find mount ainslie at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer!
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Mount_Ainslie   (94 words)

  
 Canberra
Telstra Tower) as seen from Mount Ainslie in the morning.
Canberra City as sen from Mount Ainslie in the morning.
Anzac Parade to the Australian Parliament House as seen from mount Ainslie in the morning.
www.netspeed.com.au /patandhelene/canberra1.htm   (57 words)

  
 The Story of Canberra - Yesterday's Canberra
Near the site of the original huts, Moore built a pleasant cottage looking over the wide valley towards Duntroon, which, after a varied career of over 100 years as a home stead, rectory and courthouse, was pulled down to make way for the hospital in 1941.
The land was to be compensation for the loss of his ship 'Sydney' wrecked while under charter to the government to bring food from India.
The stone is the same as that used in St John's Church and Schoolhouse, locally quarried from Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, its colours varying from the sunny gold of sandstone to a rock of contrasting darker reddish-purple colour.
www.tomw.net.au /cnbst2.html   (1867 words)

  
 Media Release - Third youth charged in connection to Ainslie fire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Police were called to a fire at Mount Ainslie shortly after 6.30pm on Monday, January 7.
A 15-year-old boy from Ainslie was charged with light fire on land in open air and light fire after TV warning.
His arrest follows the apprehension of two Belconnen youths aged 12 and 15 who were charged on Friday, January 11 in relation to the same incident.
www.afp.gov.au /afp/page/Media/ACTMedia/2002/21_13012002.htm   (149 words)

  
 Austr. War Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To the east of the city, the massive, domed building perched at the base of Mount Ainslie, at the far end of Anzac Parade (its length lined with smaller war memorials), is the Australian War Memorial (daily 10am–5pm, school and public holidays from 9am; free guided tours at 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 1.30pm and 2pm).
At the same time as commemorating the 102,000 Australian soldiers who lost their lives in seven wars in the last hundred years, most movingly in the Hall of Memory, this is also a military museum, depicting war through miniature battle dioramas and old aircraft.
For something more life-affirming, the picnic grounds in bushland behind the memorial yield the beginning of a walk to the summit of Mount Ainslie – really a large round hill and part of Canberra Nature Park – where a lookout provides a perfect view over the city and the Parliamentary Triangle.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/capitalterritory/cbr_warmemorial.asp   (664 words)

  
 Andey's Peak Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mount San Antonio (10,064') - Aug 7, 1999
Mount St. Helena (4,343') - Jan 12, 2002
Mount San Jacinto (10,804') - Jun 23, 1996
www.andeys.com /peaks   (193 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The building below is the National War Memorial with the red gravelled Anzac Parade leading to the Lake.
At 843m, Mt Ainslie is one of several hills overlooking Canberra.
Mount Taylor at 855 metres is slightly higher that Mt Ainslie.
users.bigpond.net.au /canberra/canbpics.htm   (323 words)

  
 What Is A Catchment? - Factor of Ten literary work - ANU
Between Old Joe and the Lake, water falls and runs into Sullivan’s Creek from an area bordered by Black Mountain and Crace Hill to the West, Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura to the east.
It drains from steep slopes, gentle lowlands and open plains, through sheep paddocks and gardens, rubbish dumps and ruins, parks and ovals, across roadways and paths, schoolyards and backyards, over lips, between cracks, around obstacles, into streams to the lowest point.
When the first wave of public servants moved into Ainslie, when building began on the land designated for the ANU, when the suburbs of Turner and O’Connor were planned, Sullivan’s Creek was still part of the good sheep paddock that Canberra ruined.
www.anu.edu.au /factoroften/writing/hutchison.php   (1062 words)

  
 Canberra Short Term & Holiday Accommodation, Budget Self Catering units & apartments, Ainslie
The units offer proximity to the National War Memorial, which is only a few hundred metres away, and the panoramic views of the city, lake and environs from the Mount Ainslie lookout.
With the exception of the two bedroom cottage which is freestanding, the AINSLIE apartments are all duplexes and are, in effect, semi detached residential units.
Since all AINSLIE units have in-unit laundry facilities, changes of bed linen and towels are not offered.
www.canbhol.com.au /curtin.htm   (456 words)

  
 Dickson Community Consultation and Cultural Profile Report
Whilst Ainslie and Dickson were gazetted in 1928, Downer, Watson and Hackett were not gazetted as Division Names until 1960.
Parts of Ainslie are on the ACT Heritage Places Register and include Alt Crescent, Corroboree Park, Wakefield Gardens which are nominated for their historical value as intact examples of ‘Garden City’ planning and/or sub-division.
Rising to the east of the shopping centre are Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie, prominent physical features in the landscape which provide a backdrop to the shopping centre.
www.tomw.net.au /dpcg/cultural.htm   (5965 words)

  
 The Story of Canberra - Australia's Capital City
Griffin's aim was to obtain unity by applying the natural advantages of the landform to the civic necessities.
How well he combined the distant mountains, local hills, valleys and waterways can best be viewed from Mount Ainslie Lookout or Telecom Tower on Black Mountain.
Dominating Griffin's plan was a central artificial lake and a 'parliamentary triangle' in which the most important national buildings were to be placed.
www.tomw.net.au /cnbst3.html   (578 words)

  
 City News Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He envisaged Mount Ainslie to be yellow with wattles and broom flowers; Black Mountain to be pink and white with flowering fruit trees; Red Hill to live up to its name each spring with the flowering scarlet bottle brush Callistemon lanceolatus; and Mount Mugga Mugga to have a blue-grey tone.
On Mount Majura adjacent to the Federal Highway and Northbourne Avenue, you can find displays of the endangered paper daisy, the Hoary Sunray with its white and yellow flowers.
Nestled quietly along the creek line at the bottom of Mount Ainslie above the Pistol Club on Mount Ainslie Summit Drive is a lovely display of a shrub with creamy yellow flowers dubbed the ‘Rocky Creek Pomaderris’.
www.citynews.com.au /news/Article.asp?id=4022   (624 words)

  
 Mount Ainslie Run-Up - Tuesday, 2 February 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mount Ainslie Run-Up - Tuesday, 2 February 1999
Results: Mount Ainslie Run-Up Tuesday, 2 February 1999
Mt Ainslie monthly run up, 2.2kms, 230m elevation gain, Australian War Memorial to summit of Mt Ainslie, Tuesday 5 January 1999.
www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au /results/1999r004.shtml   (45 words)

  
 This Week In Canberra -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some areas of the Park were burnt in the January 2003 bushfires - please take care when walking in affected areas.
This wildlife refuge is one of the most important habitats in the region for 77 species of water birds, some migrating from as far as Japan and China.
At the summit of Mount Ainslie begins the interpretive walking that leads through Remembrance Nature Park to the Australian War Memorial.
www.thisweekinaustralia.com /canberra/beyondcanberra/article9591.asp   (417 words)

  
 Demetrius at The Australian National University: Item 1885/330
This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
View looking towards Mount Ainslie of children engaged in various activities on the large grass areas at the back of Ainslie Primary School.
On the near side of a wide path, girls in school uniform ring a woman teacher while further away are two long rows of boys.
hdl.handle.net /1885/330   (322 words)

  
 An Ideal City - The Griffins Win
The Griffins delineated a land axis, aligned with the summits of four local mountains.
It went from Mount Ainslie to Mount Bimberi in the Brindabellas, passing through Camp Hill and Kurrajong.
Crossing this at right angles was a water axis along the river, which in the plan became a chain of ornamental basins.
www.idealcity.org.au /win-1.html   (481 words)

  
 Running Writing - May 2002
This is a fairly smooth gravel road at the moment which made it possible to look around at the fantastic scenery as we ran up.
Unlike Kosciuszko and Dromedary, this was a race, actually the February Mount Ainslie run-up, put on by the Australian Mountain Running Association at lunchtime on the first Tuesday of each month.
The fact I was racing may be why I've ranked this as harder than Dromedary, but I don't think there's that much between them really.
www.geocities.com /ewen_99/r2002_02.html   (2067 words)

  
 GRIFFITHS, COULTER & CASSWELL, CANBERRA PLAN
The best view on the site, looking towards Mount Ainslie, is kept in view, but a special idea has been incorporated with it in that it will be the principal view point for sunsets and sunrises which are specially magnificent in this locality.
A rotunda has been planned at the end of the avenue where it crosses the railway line, and in this is placed a circular masonry pavilion, and from this pavilion and its vicinity an exceptionally fine view of the sunsets reflected in the waters of the lake can be obtained.
It is suggested that the higher portions of Mt. Ainslie be used as a Fort commanding the City, and the midway ridge as a Sanatorium.
www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/number10.htm   (6618 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.